linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: lpfc: remove redundant null check on eqe

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Message-ID: <yq18thfpx8b.fsf@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:39:48 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
        Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@...adcom.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: lpfc: remove redundant null check on eqe


Colin,

> The pointer eqe is always non-null inside the while loop, so the check
> to see if eqe is NULL is redudant and hence can be removed.

Applied to 4.15/scsi-queue. Thanks!

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering